Nearly five thousand still reported missing from Hurricane Katrina

WWLTV.com ^ | Thursday, November 3, 2005 | Dave McNamara

[caryatid]

The tragic story of Hurricane Katrina continues ...

[caryatid]

* Hurricane Katrina Missing Persons ping *

[robowombat]

The inflated hype of Hurricane Katrina continues...

[L98Fiero]

People have to call and request that certian people who have been found have their name removed. I'm betting most people haven't called even if their people have been found.

[George from New England]

This number includes a countless number of individuals that used the cover of Katrina to bail out of debt or evade a criminal record and possibly disappear. They could claim to be an immigrant (illegal or course) from Mexico and use a different name.

I'd like to see what percentage of this list ARE IN DEBT or ARE CRIMINALS.

[marlon]

Yes it's sad but I doubt very much that there are thousands dead and we just haven't discovered their bodys yet. More likely people didn't recontact missing persons after they found their loved ones. I hope at least.

[Americanwolf]

The sad fact is some may never be found, due to the flooding, animals, etc...

that makes it so hard for families to have closure.....

During the Galveston hurricane in 1900 the had over 400 washed out to sea.

[dead]

Sounds like a government paperwork problem.

For the most part, bodies don't just disappear.

[MortMan]

I wonder how many were only known by their city employment records?

[TexasTransplant]

Ding Ding Ding Ding.... We have a Winner!

[caryatid]

Sounds like a government paperwork problem.

I, myself, know of one person who has "just disappeared". He is, or was, the sexton at our church for many, many years. He was last seen alive at the Convention Center by relatives and has just disappeared without a trace. This is far more than just a government paperwork problem and is a matter of grave concern to our church family.

On the other hand, it is entirely possible that some living people have chosen to disappear for reasons known only to them.

[jveritas]

Exactly.

[OB1kNOb]

"On the other hand, it is entirely possible that some living people have chosen to disappear for reasons known only to them."

BINGO !!!

[from occupied ga]

Hoy is one of dozens of people working at the Find Family National Call Center, the group that's trying to locate all of Hurricane Katrina's missing persons. Hoy is surprised that two months after the storm, she's still getting numerous first-time callers.

1. People who don't want to be found
2. People who haven't bothered to let anyone know where they are
3. Imaginary people who were collection multiple welfare checks
4. Probably not any dead people

[dead]

That's why I said "for the most part".

I realize that there are some names on that list that represent people who were really killed and will not be found. But I suspect they would represent quite a small proportion of the 5,000 on the list.

That's a terribly sad thing about your church sexton. My condolences.

[Rakkasan1]

five thousand still reported missing...

and that's just the sex offenders

[Black Tooth]

A lot of them were probably blown into Tennessee. Look there.

[fatnotlazy]

And of course, it's all Bush's fault.

[LucyT]

5. Little children who were taken illegally by pedophiles, child rapist and molesters, for their own use, or sold into child slavery.

Same thing happened after the tsunami in Asia.

[Kirkwood]

I have several friends and coworkers who are still missing. One is a doctor with a federal research grant and his wife is a lawyer, plus they have a 7 year old and another on the way. Not the type of people who simply decide to not return home.